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Twitter’s ‘Moments’ Will Try to Tame the Chaos
By FARHAD MANJOO
Jack Dorsey’s tenure as chief executive may ride on how well he makes the case that Twitter is useful for everyday people.
New apps are propelling the rise of social television. With them, viewers are joining in a state of disconnected togetherness to revive TV’s live emotional power.
A Los Angeles judge ruled that questioning could start Friday but that the deposition would be sealed at least until December.
Jack Dorsey’s tenure as chief executive may ride on how well he makes the case that Twitter is useful for everyday people.
With a performance by Selena Gomez on Monday, the morning show’s live-music feature will become the Citi Concert Series, ending Toyota’s sponsorship of the last 12 years.
Editorial staff members of the news and aggregation site said they would join Writers Guild of America, East.
In a memo to its staff, the company announced a plan to double digital revenue to $800 million in 2020.
Mrs. Fiorina and Jerrold Perenchio, a billionaire who helped build Univision, became friends while traveling through similar business and political circles in California.
The Belarussian journalist and prose writer is best known for giving voice to survivors of war and disaster.
A deal for Sony/ATV, the catalog Sony owns with the Michael Jackson estate that includes a lucrative trove of Beatles songs, is said to be under consideration.
The private equity firm founded with a check from Steve Ballmer is buying the public relations firm known for its campaign work with Democratic clients.
Disney set or shifted release dates for 19 big-budget movies — many still untitled – planned through 2020.
Increasingly negative coverage of Mr. Trump by some conservative news outlets accompanies a less drastic decline in interest across the mainstream media and among some voters.
The $450 million deal for Ticketfly expands the Internet radio company’s mix of services for artists and could pose a challenge to Ticketmaster.
The company, in partnership with some publishers, is starting a service that will have the ability to load pages faster on the web through a browser.
The streaming video service, which backed the web series “High Maintenance,” will add another web series, a short film and a comedy special.
The newspaper company said it would pay $280 million for the Journal Media Group.
For some fans the musician crossed a line. But she also said what many academics already had.
Starting in January, ABC Family will become Freeform, a rebranding that will seek viewers younger than millennials.
Mr. Platt will become chief executive of the publishing division on Nov. 1, succeeding Cameron Strang.
The contract the justices were considering barred mass arbitration, a form of class actions pursued before an arbitrator.
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Mr. Rezaian will have spent his 444th day in captivity as of Friday, the same length of time as the Americans held during the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis.
Viacom’s stock is off 37 percent this year, and it faces lower TV ratings, weak ad sales and a lackluster film slate. The shift has been dramatic.
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Most of the data on the mobile homepages of the top 50 news websites comes from advertising, demonstrating the appeal of ad blockers.
Different music streaming services have varying costs, platforms and catalog sizes. See how some of the most popular companies stack up against one another.
Carmen Balcells, whose agency represents, among others, the estate of Gabriel García Márquez, died while negotiating with potential buyers of her company.
15 memorable articles, columns and video clips from Mr. Carr, a prolific media columnist for The New York Times, including his last piece that was published the day before he died.